James Bond Flights: Which Routes Have Flight Number 007?

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As the latest James Bond movie hits screens worldwide, we explore what routes use the 007 flight number this week. With no need for this information to be secret, this look comes shortly before the franchise’s 60th anniversary.

Virgin A350-1000
Virgin flight VS7 is one of 35 ‘Bond’ flights this week. Photo: Getty Images.

007 routes this week

Some 35 routes have the 007 – and often just seven – flight number this week. That’s based on examining schedules information provided to data experts Cirium. Between them, they have 160 outbound flights or about 23 a day. As always, changes may occur.

With 007 flights in many world areas, the globe is trodden to save the day. There are large numbers of long-haul routes, as shown in the table. These include JetBlue’s new New York JFK to London Heathrow, which started on August 11th, together with Turkish Airlines from Istanbul to Washington and Virgin Atlantic between Heathrow and Los Angeles.

Flight number Airline From To Expected aircraft Weekly outbound flights
7 Aeroflot St. Petersburg Moscow Sheremetyevo A321 7
7 Air France New York JFK Paris CDG B777-300ER 7
7 Alaska Airlines New York JFK Seattle A321 7
7 All Nippon San Francisco Tokyo Narita B787-9 2
7 Allegiant Air Appleton Las Vegas A319 1
7 American Airlines Dallas Fort Worth Kahului B777-200ER, B787-9 5
7 Braathens Gothenburg Stockholm Bromma AT7 5
7 China Airlines Los Angeles Taipei B777-300ER 2
7 Directflight Limited Lerwick Foula Islander 1
7 El Al Tel Aviv New York JFK B787-8, B787-9 4
7 Emirates Dubai London Heathrow A380 7
7 Etihad Abu Dhabi Frankfurt B787-10 7
7 Eurowings Berlin Cologne A319, A320, B737-800 5
7 Fiji Link Nadi Suva ATR-42/72 7
7 Gulf Air Bahrain London Heathrow B787-9 7
7 Hawaiian Airlines Las Vegas Honolulu A330-200 7
7 Isles of Scilly Skybus Land's End Isles of Scilly DHC-6 6
7 Japan Airlines Boston Tokyo Narita B787-9 4
7 Jazeera Airways Kuwait London Heathrow A320neo 1
7 JetBlue Airways New York JFK London Heathrow A321neo 4
7 JetSMART Calama Santiago A320 2
7 LATAM Santiago Concepcion A320, A321 5
7 Lufthansa Hamburg Frankfurt A321, A320, CRJ-900, E190 6
7 Qatar Airways Doha London Heathrow B777-300ER 7
7 Avianca Miami Bogota A330-200 7
7 Skymark Airlines Tokyo Narita Fukuoka B737-800 7
7 Southwest Airlines Chicago Midway Orlando B737-700 1
7 Southwest Airlines Dallas Love Houston Hobby B737-700 3
7 Southwest Airlines Denver Chicago Midway B737-700 1
7 Southwest Airlines Houston Hobby Denver B737-700 1
7 Southwest Airlines Houston Hobby Washington National B737-700 2
7 Southwest Airlines Lubbock Dallas Love B737-700 1
7 Turkish Airlines Istanbul Airport Washington Dulles B777-300ER 7
7 Ural Airlines Moscow Domodedovo Simferopol A320, A321 7
7 Virgin Atlantic Airways London Heathrow Los Angeles A350-1000 7

From Fiji to the A380

The short 66 nautical mile hop from Nadi to Suva in Fiji stands out for exoticism; I wonder how many martinis could be consumed on that often 20-minute flight? Or passengers might find themselves aboard a B737-800 wet-leased from TUI fly to Eurowings and used on EW7 from Berlin to Cologne.

Only one 007 route uses the A380: Emirates from Dubai to Heathrow. EK7 leaves Dubai daily at 02:30 and arrives in the UK at 07:05 local time. It then departs for the UAE at 09:05 as EK8. It is one of five daily Emirates flights on the airport-pair, with all by the double-decker.

Emirates A380
EK7 operates from Dubai to Heathrow. Photo: Emirates.

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Los Angeles to Taipei is the longest 007 flight

At 5,908nm, Los Angeles to Taipei is the longest Bond route, with the top ten longest routes detailed below. With a block time to Taiwan of almost 14 hours, there is plenty of time for Bond to play with his gadgets. However, as CI7 leaves California at 00:05 and arrives in Taipei at 05:00 local time a day later, perhaps Bond will be asleep in business class – there being no first class aboard China Airlines’ B777-300ERs.

The longest 007 routes this week are:

  1. Los Angeles to Taipei
  2. Boston to Narita
  3. Tel Aviv to JFK
  4. Heathrow to Los Angeles
  5. Istanbul to Washington
  6. San Francisco to Narita
  7. Dallas to OGG
  8. JFK to Paris CDG
  9. JFK to Heathrow
  10. Dubai to Heathrow
China Airlines 007
When writing this article, China Airlines flight 007 is en route to Taipei. It has flown 1,443nm with 4,507nm remaining. Note that “CAL” is the airline’s ICAO code, and CI is its IATA code. Image: Flightradar24.com.

While Lerwick to Foula is the shortest route

At the other extreme is Directflight’s intra-Shetland service from Lerwick to Foula, one of the UK’s remotest permanently inhabited islands. At just 25nm, DCT7 is scheduled to leave Lerwick, the main town in Shetland, at 09:00 and arrive 10 minutes later. It uses nine-seat Islanders.

Directflight
The shortest flight is within the Shetland Islands. Photo: Udo K. Haafke via Wikimedia.

Coming a close second is the Isles of Scilly Skybus’ Land’s End to St Mary’s service. At just 27nm, flight IOS7 is scheduled to leave Land’s End, the most westerly point in mainland England, at 08:15 and arrive on the Isles of Scilly at 08:35. It uses 19-seat Twin Otters and is one of up to 12 daily flights this week.

Have you flown any 007 routes? Share your memories in the comments.



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